Insect destroyer



May 19, 1931. w. w. HESS INSECT DESTROYER Filed July 11, 1928 INVENTOR.

N R 0 T T A V i Patented May 1 9, 1931 .7

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I EC estern Application filed m 11,

The present invention is directed .to'im- A r h e J adf11 it edrum 1 yia pa r of herb s, sald' Shaft eving fix thereto a fan provements in insect destroyers. I

. The primary object of the inventiongis to' provide a device of this character so constructed that insects, whether of the flying or crawling species, will be trapped and eX- terminatedQ I Another object of the invention is. to provide a device of this character wherein an illuminating element is employed to attract the insects. at night, the construction being such that the insects after reaching a certain point will be precipitated by a blast of air into a vessel containing a destroying.

medium.

Another object of the'inve'ntion is'to pro-- vide a device of this character" which is simple in construction, eflicient in operation,

fully described, claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side'elevation of the device. v Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view there- Q through.

ended drums preferably formed from sheet metal, the former being spaced above and in direct alignment with the latter. The drum l is of less diameter than the diameter of'the drum 2,and in order to maintain the drums spaced, a plurality of metal strips 3, prefer.-

. ably four in number are provided and are secured to the respective drums by bolts 4.

Since the drum 1 is spaced from the'upper end of the drum 2, a gap 5 is provided between said drums and in which is located the incandescent bulb 6 supported by a bracket 7 fitted in the upper end of thejdrum 2 and secured therein by a, pair of thebolts 4, current being furnished to the bulb through the conductor 8.

Fixed to the upper end of a pair of the strips 3 is bracket 9 which supports an s of the invention. Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 deslgnate, respectively, upper and lower open electric motor 10, the shaft 11 thereof being i928 semi-awareness;

m i 2 s cur i n th ers i -S ecure I the drum .2 at the-lower end hs zee a e angle iron bars 14 which are adapted to rest upon a vessell5 in which-,iscontained water having afilm of kerosene thereon, whicl is well known'will destroy insects. I

It will be obvious that when the fan i814?! in motion that the'blast of air createdthereby will be directed from theupper drum 1 into the lower drum 2, and the inserts attracted by the light from the bulb 6 willenter the gap whereupon the air blast will force J35 the'ins'ects into the vessel to be destroyed, c 1 If desired a cover plate 16 may be secured to the upperpends of the strips 3 to protect the. motor from rain. i 7 V s From the foregoing, it is thought that the .10 construction, operation and many advantages ofthe herein described invention will be apparentto those skilled in the art, without fur- V ther description, and it will be understood that various changes .in' the size, shape, and -15 proportion and minor'details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages Whatisclaimedjis k drum, an upper drum, strips connecting the I drums to hold the'same in spaced relation and having their upper endsextendedgabove the upper ,drum, a bracket carried by the lower 85' drum,zand an illuminating element supported bythe bracketjand extended into the space between said drums, a bracket supported by the extended ends of a pair of strips, a motor supported thereby, a fandisposed-above the .9 upper drum and driven by the motorfor creatinga blast of air in-the upper drum for: discharge therefrom into the lower drum,and

means [carried by the lower drum for supporting the same upon a vessel adapted to .9 contain a destroying liquid. I ,7 2. An insect destroyer comprising upper;

and lower open ended cylindricaldrums, the

upper drum being of less diameter than the lower drum, parallel vertically disposed metal 1, 9 7

pair of; liorizontaglly disposed- 1, An insect destroyer, comprising a lower 'incan strips secured to the sides of each drum, and extending throughout the length of each drum, said strips maintaining the drums spaced apart and reinforcing the drums, horizontally disposed angle iron bars secured to the lower ends of said strips, a vessel for containing a destroying liquid, said angle iron bars supporting the lower drum upon the top of said vessel, the upper ends of saidstrips extending above the upper drum, a cover plate carried by the upper ends of said strips spaced above said upper drum, a horizontalbar canv 1 ried by said strips between said cover plate and said upper drum, a motor carried by said horizontal bar, a fan operated by the motor and spaced above said u per drum, and an es cent lamp carried the lower drum and disposed between both rums.

In testimony'whereof I aflix my signature. WILLIAM W. HESS. [14.8.] 

